The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-03-15
FROM WASHINGTON.
Unsuccessful Attempt to
Assassinate the Gear.
FALK IS DETERMINED TO DIE.
Heavy Washouts on the Northern
Pacific EInen Boys Diff
culties-Other Notes.
Washlnet m Whispers.
WASHINGTON, March 1.-THE Su-
preme Court rendered

w ASdIN6ION, NdICA 4f'--1AC SG
preme Court rendered
DECISION
to-day, in the case of Dolores Del
Moral y Gonzales ct al, plaintiff in
error, VS.. Edward Rous, ct al, in error
to the Circuit Court of the UnitedSta
for the Western District of Texas. This
was suit brought by the beirs of Juan
Gonzales, to recover possession of eleven
square leagues of land in Kenney
County, Texas, ALLEGED TO have been
granted to Gonzales during his lifetime
by the government of Coahuilas and
Texas State, OF the Republic of Mexico,
in the year 1923. The court below re-
fused to admit as evidence of the
Gonzales title the so called testimony"
issued by Fortuna to Soto. as commits
sloner of the colony of the Rio Grande,
to Juan Carlos Beales, as attorney
for Gonzales, on the 18th day of April,
1882. The court held that this testimony
was issued without authority of law,
and accordingly entered judgment for
the defendants. This court decides
that the judgment was erroneous. 1t
is accordingly reversed and the case re-
manded Tor new trial.
THE APACHE PRISONERS.
Col. Ayers, commanding the Second
Artillery, at San Francisco barracks
Florida, has made report to the War
Department concerning the Apache
prisoners at Fort Marion, in which he
says that their number on February LIST
last, was 447; three children have been
born since that date and four Indians
have died, leaving 446 in confinement
81 men, 266 women and 1853 children.
The Indians, generally, have behaved
well. About fifty children are IN
st. Joseph Acadea'u, and have made
good progress. Some kindly-disposed
white women have beer instructing the
men duriD re past month with con-
siderable success, in the elements of the
English language.
The President has taken the following
action on the
APPLICATIONS FOR PARDON:
In the case of Dennis Kelly, con-
Victed of manslaughter and sentenced
to eighteen months imprisonment at
Portland, Me-, he says: Defendant
having been g good soldier and his
ofense apparently the result of an ex-
citeable temperament, rather than any
malicious intent, and the convict hay
ing served the entire extent of his SEN
tence, pardon is granted to restore
him to citizenship"
He has Orantnd Dardon fo Gao-oo
H. Daubney, sentenced to three
years imprisonment in Wisconsin for
pension frauds. The President saws
81 His offense preiudices me very much
against granting him any relief, but
his sentence having been served, and
Hon. Edward L. Bragg himself brave
and distinguished soldier, having given
his opinion that since his sentence the
convict has behaved wei, the pardon is
granted for the purpose of restoring
him to the rights of citizenship"
He has pardoned L. s. Knight, who
was sentenced to two years imprison-
ment in the Albany Penitentiary for
forcibly entering the postofice. This
pardon is granted, the President says.
"upon the ground of previous good
character which, being accused of crime, |
far from home and among strangers, |
he could not show, and upon the
further ground. that he has served !
more than two-thirds of his sentence" !
He pardoned NJ. Fleming, sentenced |
in Virginia, to three months imDrison- |
ment and 5000 fine for violating the |
revenue laws, on the ground I
that be has served his full term and
the only effect of the pardon will be to |
relieve him of the fine.
He has also pardoned James Nc
Grath, sentenced in California to a
term of three years, and a fine
Of $50, for assault with deadly |
weapons. He has served his SEN
tence, and the fine only is re-
the President being convinced
Of the justice of this act by what he
describes as 1.-The manly and reasonable
etter of the prisoner"
Re has also pardoned Caleb Starr, an
Indian agent, against whom a judg-
nent was rendered in Arkansas, upon
4 forfeiture of recOgnizance fog 81 900
and costs.
The President has
REFUSED TO PARDON